Sandwich Monday: The McDonald's Secret Menu: The McRedacted

Today, we set out to find the fabled McDonald's Secret Menu. It's a list of a dozen or so dishes known only to the ancients, but that the good people behind the counter will get for you if you only know how to ask. There's the Pie McFlurry, the Monster Mac, and fries with Big Mac Sauce. The thing I really wanted to try has a name unsuitable for a family-friendly blog such as this (if you must know, go here). It's a double cheeseburger with a chicken patty placed in between the beef patties. Here, I'm just going to call it the McRedacted.

It's not something you want to go up and tell a stranger you want. My heart was pounding. Here's how it went:

Eva: It's not better than the sum of its parts. Nothing here surprises me.

Ian: Yeah, it's not a surprise. I mean, it's a chicken sandwich inside of a double cheeseburger, and if you were a double cheeseburger eating at McDonalds, you'd probably order the chicken sandwich. You may be a sentient double cheeseburger, but you're not a cannibal.

[Ed. note: We're really curious if anybody out there has had any luck ordering off the secret menu. If so, please let us know your stories of walking up to the counter and ordering, say, a Big McChicken, a McRedacted, or the horrifying Land, Sea, and Air Burger—that's a beef patty, a chicken patty, and a filet-o-fish patty.]

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